#birds of the united kingdom

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BOTD: Eurasian Spoonbill

Image credit: Andreas Trepte

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

The Eurasian Spoonbill's beak, from which it derives its name, is swept side to side in the water, its sensitive bill sensing tiny vibrations and locating prey, as well as filtering small fish and shrimps. They are mostly silent with their main sound being bill snapping.

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Birds of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. London, England (February, 2020).

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The Silent Hunter

A Barn Owl silently hunting along a tree lined driveway. Wales, UK.

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Neutral Density Photography Awards 2023

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" Barn Owls " //© Paul Browning

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❤️❤️Happy 31st Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy James Hamilton Laurence!!❤️❤️

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Stork That Went Extinct in the UK 600 Years Ago is Spotted in the English Skies: ‘It was a great sign’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stork-that-went-extinct-in-the-uk-600-years-ago-is-spotted-in-the-english-skies-it-was-a-great-sign/

A beautiful white stork was spotted recently flying over the English county of Cheshire, and not only would no one alive today be able to remember the last time that happened, but none of their grandparents would either; neither would any of their grandparents, and probably none of theirs.

White storks have been extinct in England for 600 years—since the time Martin Luther nailed his document of reforms on the Church wall—but they’ve been back and breeding for several years thanks to efforts to reintroduce them from other populations.

The Warsaw Zoo donated birds to the White Stork Project of southern England. They had been rescued following accidents on roads or with powerlines.

Some of the birds are kept at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, and every year managers at the project take their offspring to the rewilded Knepp Estate and Wadhurst Park in Sussex to grow up in a natural environment where they can build up the memory and skills to survive and thrive in the English countryside again.

Residents of Cheshire were thrilled to see this large white bird with black plumage flying over their county again, reports Matt Hancock-Bruce, chief reporter with the Warrington Guardian.

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Though extinct in England for all these years, the white stork is considered a species of least concern, and can be found as far afield as Kenya, Palestine, Turkey, and Kazakhstan.

A nest camera run by the White Stork Project of a stork family of four is live 24/7 on the Knepp Estate, where you can watch the juveniles fight over the food brought by their parents.

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My first kingfisher 😊

This was all in camera, no post processing, The river was reflecting light from a steel grey sky that was allowing a few chinks of sunlight through.

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Sizergh Castle 🍂

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UK Ministry of Labour / Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 1940s

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please, this is not a painting!

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Birds of Holland park. London, England (February, 2020).

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Four newly hatched cygnets take to the water on the River Thames in Windsor, UK

Photograph: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

A little cygnet hitches a ride on the back of its mother swan on the River Thames in Windsor, UK

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" Long Eared Owl " //© Mike Christopher Phelps